COURTHOUSE — The former defense attorney charged with selling prescription drugs from his Norristown office filed a habeas corpus motion Wednesday in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas.

Gregory Noonan, 60, has been remanded to prison since his arrest in December. Court documents order that he be brought from Chester County Prison on March 12 for the hearing.

A habeas corpus motion is filed when the defendant believes the district court erred by holding the charges against the defendant for trial.

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office announced Noonan’s arrest Dec. 20.

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According to a press release sent out by the District Attorney’s Office, on Nov. 23 Noonan allegedly called an undercover Philadelphia police officer saying he really needed to meet with him. The press release states Noonan allegedly sold the officer 179 Oxycodone pills and that he contacted the officer again Dec. 19, after which undercover officer allegedly gave Noonan $3,250 in pre-serialized currency for 180 more Oxycodone pills. Noonan was placed under arrest shortly after the alleged delivery.

He is currently being held in Chester County Prison in lieu of $250,000 bail. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jason Whalley.